ATHENS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Mobile units of Greece's National Public Health Organization (EODY) started conducting COVID-19 testing in three central squares of Athens on Friday, as authorities implemented additional measures to contain the spread of the virus, focusing on the Attica region that encompasses the capital city.
The region where the bulk of Greece's population lives has had to cope with an increased epidemiological burden in recent weeks. About half of the new cases reported daily in Greece are diagnosed in Attica, officials said.
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